Jim Ellermeyer is joined by a self proclaimed “Christian Cowgirl” and Equine Therapy practitioner, Shanna Aughenbaugh, as we discuss how she connected with horses in her life, how they respond to people, horses as herd animals, her faith,  learning to ride, losing her first horse suddenly, and her support system who encouraged her to stay in the horse world. 

Jim Ellermeyer and Producer Mike are discussing dealing some of the current events as we enter a month from a very heated election including the concept of “gaslighting ‘.  How is this concept being used on a grand scale, or more localized to break down an individual. 

Jim Ellermeyer is back and celebrating 22 years of sobriety as we reflect on the point where he finally accepted and received help with his obsession to use drugs and alcohol.  We discuss the 12 step program’s influence in his success, giving advice to others who are not accepting, willingness to change, telling his mother he was going to get help, the one individual that helped him with tough love and choosing to help others. 

Jim Ellermeyer is giving some STRAIGHT TALK as we discuss our “3 AM Friends”, why do we feel obligated, love, sympathy, interpretation, connecting with other humans. 

Jim Ellermeyer is back with Producer Mike to discuss how we can make better choices.  What does that mean?  How do we develop our intuition and beginner’s mind to assess situations in our lives with your gut feelings.  

Jim Ellermeyer is back with Producer Mike to discuss BOREDOM.  What happens when we are left to our own thoughts when we’re making bad decisions and are surrounded by individuals that are encouraging bad decisions and are emotionally needy. How do we attach to better people and places that will help elevate us.   How do we deal with boredom and share people. 

Jim Ellermeyer is joined once again by Natalie Bencivenga to continue their conversation as they begin to look at the awareness to the world around us due to the extra time from COVID-19 leading to the George Floyd, Me Too, and other Social Justice protests, considering how to be an ally as a white person, White Privilege, entitlement, the mask debate, journalism falling apart, fake news, the police, and how losing loved ones helped motivate her leaving the Post-Gazette.

Jim Ellermeyer is joined once again by Natalie Bencivenga to catch up with the changes in her life, and coping with the changes due to Covid-19 Pandemic to discuss the zeitgeist, thinking in ideologies and ideas, hero worship, the common needs people want in their lives we seem to disagree on, slowing down during the pandemic to rebuild and accept the situation, escaping busy culture, and the rapid fire of social justice issues.

Jim Ellermeyer is live once again from Highland Park in Pittsburgh, PA to review some bits of wisdom from over the years, including: Buy the Ticket, Words Are Forever, The Five Minute Rule, Naming and, Identify, Immediacy, What We're Not Going to Talk About, What Not to Do and I Choose.

Jim Ellermeyer is live once again from Highland Park in Pittsburgh, PA to review some bits of wisdom from over the years, including: Minds of Uncertainty, Pulling the Weeds, The Requirements to Be With You, Argument Party, Cast a Net, and two Buddha Stories: Cutting the Limb and a Package of Resentment.

Jim Ellermeyer is live from Highland Park in Pittsburgh, PA to review some bits of wisdom from over the years, including: Moving the Mountain, Time Travel, Time as Currency, Perspective, Your Life as a Movie, Abracadabra and Uncertainty Leads to Anxiety.

Jim Ellermeyer and Producer Mike are taking a look at this time of the Coronavirus from a mindset 30 years from now, the lack of information leading to minds of uncertainty leading to minds of anxiety, worry, and fear, finding good sources of information that will help navigate through the developing information and trying to understand other perspectives.

Jim Ellermeyer continues his conversation with Marine Biologist Maureen from Texas. She discusses her issues with the church around her disability and coming back around for Confirmation and restoring her Faith, interpreting faith and prayer, taking on failure and overcoming obstacles in her Master’s Degree, scuba diving, and in live in general, dealing with depression during the COVID-19 Quarantine era, and more!

Jim Ellermeyer begins his conversation with Maureen from Texas, how she was inspired by the ocean and a teacher to pursue Marine Biology, growing up legally blind and contending with unintended social consequences of being different due to her disability and needing to use the assistive technology, redefining herself in college, seeing the world in a different way, friends and allies, and more!

Jim Ellermeyer continues his conversation with singer/songwriter Toria Susan about a positive outlook, recognizing feelings, romanticizing the past, signing with Digisonic Records, and more.

Jim Ellermeyer is joined by singer/songwriter Toria Susan as they discuss how she came to music and growing with entertainment and dancing, finding her voice, being positive, building confidence, pleasing others, and more!

Jim Ellermeyer continues his conversation with singer/songwriter Liss Victory as they continue their discussion about her experience in New York City around the Coronavirus, confirmation bias, we talk about how she got to New York City to be a part of The Lit Room, where the group is repurposing a closed thrift store to a music venue and recording studio, “pulling weeds” in your life, the George Floyd Black Lives Matter Protests and what life will look like after all of this.

Jim Ellermeyer welcomes back singer/songwriter Liss Victory to the show as we discuss her recent move to New York City in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic.  How did a realization of being “objectively tragic” helped make a the decision for her.  We talk about her trip out and traveling from Pittsburgh on a train during the height of Coronavirus just before lockdowns and finding compassion on the way, readapting to the New York life, and the zeitgeist of New York during lockdown, her own experience being a denier, and we begin a conversation about what qualities of Governor Andrew Cuomo that instill trust. 

Jim Ellermeyer continues his conversation with singer/songwriter Tim Vitullo as he discusses interfacing with his fellow musicians in the Tim Vitullo Band, writer’s block, capturing the human condition, writing the music to go with his thoughts and lyrics, his influences, and a live performance of “Running Out of Time” !

Jim Ellermeyer is joined by singer/songwriter Tim Vitullo as they talk about being an “Introverted Extrovert”, his introduction into music starting at 14 years old, being an independent artist, being his own small business with the band, dealing with failure and being told “no”, coping with discouragement, band touring as a group with day jobs and making mistakes.